You may have noticed I haven’t been around much lately. I’m popping my head in to let you know that will continue to be the case: Swampland is a mature news blog now and quite clearly doesn’t need the care and feeding of a designated proprietor. I’ve enjoyed working with all of my fellow bloggers, [...]
I think my favorite part of this morning’s interview was when Palin justified her desire to “introduce” McCain with her intention to “brag him up” — a phrase that sounds dirty as well as vaguely violent. But this aside might have done more damage: “it would do what John McCain just can’t seem to do [...]
Georgia and Minnesota aren’t the only places where Election Day didn’t end at midnight. Though a majority of voters embraced California’s Proposition 8, banning gay marriage, a vocal minority is trying to carry on the fight. So far, this mainly consists of protesting at the major churches that supported the initiative. Such spontaneous mass actions [...]
Am told by a Dem operative working on the Georgia congressional race recount that the GOP is so serious about trying to preserve Chambliss’s seat they’re bringing in Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney. Because that worked out so well last time.
It’s nice to know everyone on the right is keeping things classy. Jason Linkins has a breakdown. I mean, the kind where he breaks things down. Not that kind they’re having.
Even if it’s good civics. Record voter turn out is going to eat a hole in the bottom lines of these businesses, who have offered various inducements to those who can show they exercised their franchise. As it were. If anyone knows of any other similar program, please let me know. America was founded on [...]
Feel free to put your own polling experiences in the comments — I’ll be watching for especially interesting/entertaining/moving/troubling ones — but for now, remember: It’s up to you to keep the whole world watching: 866ourvote.org and the Twitter Vote Report offer a whole new level of transparent democracy. Noted: McCain voted with a paper ballot. [...]
Hopefully, this video will actually embed… [[blank space of nothing]] Thanks for the shout-out, Keith. UPDATE: Of course it didn’t. Ugh. Here, tho!
Told that the McCain people deny any changes to Palin’s script, Olbermann took some relish with his response: From: Keith Olbermann Subject: Re: On the old record Date: November 3, 2008 11:26:38 AM EST Your first commenter has it right on about Palin changing lines. I have (drum roll please) evidence of [...]
I reached Olbermann by email this morning to ask him about how it felt to be the McCain campaign’s ray of sunshine. He responded: SNL and my Football Night In America show share adjoining studios, so upon my arrival yesterday, awaiting me was one of the cue cards from the bit, with Ben writing of [...]
